Emily Grierson's is an old lady who is very stubborn. Faulkner manages to show this through different events that happen in the story and how she reacts towards them. One of the events that happened was when Emily received a tax notice in the mail telling her that she has to pa

People in this town liked to gossip a lot about Miss Emily. When she went to buy the poison from the pharmacy, the town was convinced she was going to kill herself and that she was crazy. When her father had died people called and dropped by the house to give Miss Emily their condolences. For three years she told them that he was not dead and that he was still alive. She refused for her father's body to be disposed. The town thought she was crazy. One of the things they talked a lot about was Miss Emily's servant that worked for her. They made racial comments about him for example when Miss Emily's house started giving off some sort odor. People started complaining to a judge named Judge Stevens about the smell. All he could say was "It's probably a snake or a rat that Niger of hers killed in the yard" One lady who complained accused Miss Emily of smelling bad. Miss Emily was pitied throughout the town because she wasn't married. The reason for this was because every time a man wanted to have something to do with Emily her father would scare them away. When Emily started seeing Homer Baron people started to talk. "She will marry him" and "She will p

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Approximate Word count = 778
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)